Update #2, 3.20pm: The Presidency is the latest governmental department to issue a statement on Nduduzi Manana.

“President Jacob Zuma has learned with great concern and is disturbed by the allegations of assault on a woman patron at a nightclub in Johannesburg reported by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mr Mduduzi Manana,” reads the statement, published to Twitter.

“The South African Government has made violence against women a priority crime,” President Jacob Zuma states in the release.

“Women have a right to safety and security and must not be attacked or abused by anyone, anywhere in the country, regardless of the position of either the perpetrator or victim.”

Update, 2.45pm: The Department of Higher Education’s official Twitter account has published a statement by Nduduzi Manana, expressing his apologies.

“I wish to apologize unreservedly to Ms Mandisa Duma, her family, the government of South Africa and all South Africans, and women in particular, for the incident that happened at Cubana Restaurant in Fourways over the weekend,” the statement begins.

“Regardless of the extreme provocation, I should have exercised restraint. That shameful incident should not have happened.”

Manana has also noted the “fake accounts that have been opened in [his] personal name” suggesting that these are showing “less remorse to the victim and intended to further tarnish [his] name.”

“I also commit myself to, when the time is right, further engage with Ms Duma and her family to apologize, take responsibility and address the harm that has occurred.”

The video, uploaded to Twitter early Monday, shows Manana and a number of other men allegedly beating a woman in a Johannesburg branch of Cubana. The incident was also documented by users on Facebook and Instagram, while the video was also posted to YouTube.

Author | Andy Walker: Editor

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